Tortilla Flat Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Tortilla Flat Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesus Maria pledge to do for Danny?
(a) Paint the house.
(b) Provide food.
(c) Find him a job.
(d) Repair furniture.

2. Why does Danny receive the sentence he does?
(a) His uncle is the sheriff.
(b) He knows the chief of police.
(c) He is a veteran.
(d) He is on the police force.

3. How does Pilon choose a spot to dig for treasure?
(a) He has a metal detector.
(b) He sees a blue pillar of light.
(c) He had a dream about it.
(d) St. Andrew tells him the spot.

4. Who is Pilon's partner on St. Andrew's Eve?
(a) Joe.
(b) Max.
(c) Pirate.
(d) Pablo.

5. What do Pilon and Pablo wish it would rain from the sky?
(a) Tortillas.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Good wine.

6. Which saint is mentioned in the book?
(a) St. Anthony.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) St. Jude.
(d) St. Nicholas.

7. What does Pilon steal from Joe while Joe is asleep?
(a) Money.
(b) Boots.
(c) Trousers.
(d) Cigarettes.

8. What do Pilon and Pablo send the person in #25 to the wharf to do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Clean squid.
(c) Beg for food.
(d) Buy fish.

9. Where does Pilon move?
(a) The YMCA.
(b) An apartment.
(c) The homeless shelter.
(d) The smaller of Danny's houses.

10. Which woman is Danny interested in?
(a) Mrs. Morales.
(b) Mrs. Sanchez.
(c) Mrs. Ramirez.
(d) Miss Garcia.

11. Where does the Pirate show up every day?
(a) Carmel.
(b) Montecito.
(c) Santa Barbara.
(d) Monterey.

12. How much does the Pirate earn each day?
(a) 5 dollars.
(b) 1 dollar.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

13. Danny feels both anger and _____________ that his second house has burned down.
(a) guilt
(b) relief.
(c) betrayal.
(d) greed.

14. How does Pilon get Joe's trousers back?
(a) He does not get them back.
(b) He buys them.
(c) He barters for them.
(d) He steals them.

15. Who is the jailer?
(a) Tito Ralph.
(b) Tom Ralston.
(c) Tim Rogers.
(d) Tito Puente.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does the person in #26 still want to buy for the object of his affections even though she leaves him to go with some soldiers?

2. What has Danny learned that he has inherited?

3. What do Danny and Pilon eat for dinner the first night in the house?

4. What is Danny's role in TORTILLA FLAT?

5. Who does Pilon invite to live in the house with him?

(see the answer keys)

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